Football in Macau
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The sport of football in Macau is run by the Associação de Futebol de Macau. The association administers the national football team as well as the national league.{{cite news|url=http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/34798-sporting-club-appalled-at-state-of-macau-football.html |title=Sporting Club appalled at state of Macau Football |newspaper=Macau Daily Times |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2014-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201182251/http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/34798-sporting-club-appalled-at-state-of-macau-football.html |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }} The national team has never qualified for the AFC Asian Cup or EAFF East Asian Championship. The team qualified for the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, where they got one draw and two losses.
Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. As a result the Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China is not recognized as a National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee. The Macau national under-23 football team is thus unable to take part in the Olympic football tournament.
In November 2016, Macau finished second in the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsportsasia.com/news/nepal-win-solidarity-cup/|date=15 November 2016|title=Nepal win AFC Solidarity Cup|website=Fox Sports Asia|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-date=27 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627090441/http://www.foxsportsasia.com/news/nepal-win-solidarity-cup/|url-status=dead}} Due to the withdrawal of Guam and suspension of Kuwait, Macau qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying third round.{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/asian-cup-2019/teams-for-final-round-of-afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-qualifiers-confirmed|title=TEAMS FOR FINAL ROUND OF AFC ASIAN CUP UAE 2019 QUALIFIERS CONFIRMED|date=13 January 2017|website=Asian Football Confederation}}
There are three major FIFA standard 11-a-side football fields in Macau. They are:
League system
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| Level
!colspan="12"|League(s)/division(s) |
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| 1
|colspan="12"|Primeira Divisão |
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| style="width:4%;"| | colspan="9" style="width:96%;"| ↓↑ 2 clubs |
| 2
|colspan="12"|Segunda Divisão |
| style="background:#c8c8c8"
| style="width:4%;"| | colspan="9" style="width:96%;"| ↓↑ 3 clubs |
| 3
|colspan="12"|Terceira Divisão |
| style="background:#c8c8c8"
| style="width:4%;"| | colspan="9" style="width:96%;"| ↓↑ 4 clubs |
| 4
|colspan="12"|Junior Divisão7-a-side, 2x35 minutes. |
=Domestic tournaments=
- Taça da Associação de Futebol de Macau (Macau FA Cup) the national open cup.
Football stadiums in Macau
File:Macau Stadium Instituto do Desporto Mo707 3.JPG
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!Stadium!!City!!Capacity!!Tenants!!Image | |||
| Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio | Macau | 16,272 | Macau national football team
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